Control

I recently began to think about the reasons for the explosive expansion of government intrusion into the lives of its citizenry. I came up with several possibilities including "the public good" or "national security" or even "necessity." Then I realized that not one of these ideas included anything to do with independent thought --- they were all ideas I had heard on syndicated media outlets, or read in the major newspapers. So I began to do some independent thinking. Reason 1: Destiny. This reason tells me that the government is self-destructing because it has been prophesied by Christ what will happen in the end times, and who will do it. Yet no Biblical scholar has yet found a clear reference to the United States. So perhaps, this is the reason for it, and as Gamaliel told the Sanhedrin regarding the "new" religion of Christianity, "let them alone . . . if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it, lest haply ye be found even to fight against God." (Acts 5:38-39). I don't buy this one. Reason 2: Misguided intentions. This says to me that the government is making me a slave because they are, actually, trying to do what is best for me. True, they are failing grandly, but their heart is in the right place, and they would never knowingly do anything to harm or oppress me, a natural born citizen of the United States. TO quote Waylon Jennings, "WRONG!" The problem with reasons 1 and 2 is this. First, Jesus Himself said, "Occupy til I come" and Jesus Himself ordered the disciples to carry the most modern weapons of the day. And while the end has been foretold, that does not relieve me of my obligation to take care of myself, and be a good servant. And just to cite two examples of the ways in which this government has become, "destructive of [securing the inalienable rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness]." The Department of Homeland Enslavement published a report in 2008, very similar to the Missouri Information Analysis Center's report, and classified the following people as potential terrorists --- people who are against the United Nations, against the New World Order, against gun control, against the violation of Posse Comitatus, against the Federal Reserve, against the Income Tax, against The Ammunition and Accountability Act, against the Constitutional Convention, against the the North American Union, against the Universal Service Program, against Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), against abortion and homosexuality, against illegal immigration, and/or a returning veteran. This leads me to my personal conclusion. Reason 3: Control. The government does what it does because it wants it wants to tell you what to do and control everything you do, to the most minute and mundane detail. In my mind, while some may actually believe that they are doing a good thing, they are just as complicit in these illegal activities as anyone who initiates them. The instillation of Czars, the bank and automobile takeovers, the birth certificate controversy, the ACORN scandals, the Council of Governors, when are we going to stand up and tell them to sit down!? As long as we keep taking this, they will gladly keep on giving it. We are not supposed to be doormats. We are supposed to be the masters, and they the servants taking their orders from us. When will you get angry enough to make that happen again?!